Abstract
The position is taken that Public Law 94-142 is not the appropriate vehicle for guaranteeing free, appropriate human services to all handicapped people and their families; that the so-called “related” services are really primary or essential services that must be provided regardless of whether or not they are needed to enable a child to profit from special education; that interagency cooperation will be unattainable unless each human service agency is obligated by law to perform equally; and that total dependence on the education system will make services unavailable both prior to and subsequent to school age. The Right to Basic Human Services Act should be supported for the assistance it can provide to school systems serving handicapped people.
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